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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | Asad Hussain | $122,825,618 | 1 | $122,825,618 |
| 1,902 | Andy Breckman | $122,797,029 | 5 | $24,559,406 |
| 1,903 | Callie Khouri | $122,767,973 | 2 | $61,383,987 |
| 1,904 | Peter Lepeniotis | $122,529,966 | 3 | $40,843,322 |
| 1,905 | Sean Hood | $122,309,452 | 2 | $61,154,726 |
| 1,906 | Stephen King | $122,087,130 | 8 | $15,260,891 |
| 1,907 | Vitaly Shlyappo | $122,083,213 | 2 | $61,041,607 |
| 1,908 | Vasily Kutsenko | $122,083,213 | 2 | $61,041,607 |
| 1,909 | Jeremy Brock | $122,043,259 | 7 | $17,434,751 |
| 1,910 | Yōsuke Kuroda | $121,881,251 | 4 | $30,470,313 |
| 1,911 | Kario Salem | $121,842,912 | 3 | $40,614,304 |
| 1,912 | Dennis Feldman | $121,822,282 | 3 | $40,607,427 |
| 1,913 | Zach Helm | $121,764,465 | 3 | $40,588,155 |
| 1,914 | Randy Brown | $121,592,230 | 4 | $30,398,058 |
| 1,915 | Daniel Goldberg | $121,349,356 | 3 | $40,449,785 |
| 1,916 | Ji Zhang (张骥) | $121,037,996 | 2 | $60,518,998 |
| 1,917 | Gurinder Chadha | $121,007,935 | 4 | $30,251,984 |
| 1,918 | Paul Mayeda Berges | $121,007,935 | 4 | $30,251,984 |
| 1,919 | Danielle Sanchez-Witzel | $120,592,276 | 1 | $120,592,276 |
| 1,920 | David Digilio | $120,455,994 | 1 | $120,455,994 |
| 1,921 | Prakash Kapadia | $120,452,518 | 3 | $40,150,839 |
| 1,922 | Miles Chapman | $120,404,633 | 3 | $40,134,878 |
| 1,923 | Brian Hohlfeld | $120,177,134 | 3 | $40,059,045 |
| 1,924 | Tom Benedek | $120,172,842 | 3 | $40,057,614 |
| 1,925 | Francois Ozon | $120,138,052 | 12 | $10,011,504 |
| 1,926 | Jerome Armstrong | $120,100,000 | 1 | $120,100,000 |
| 1,927 | Kemp Powers | $120,068,830 | 2 | $60,034,415 |
| 1,928 | Anthony Jaswinski | $120,054,314 | 5 | $24,010,863 |
| 1,929 | Laurent Tirard | $119,958,813 | 3 | $39,986,271 |
| 1,930 | Gregoire Vigneron | $119,958,813 | 3 | $39,986,271 |
| 1,931 | Victor Salva | $119,923,801 | 2 | $59,961,901 |
| 1,932 | Alan Uger | $119,879,370 | 1 | $119,879,370 |
| 1,933 | Peter Dexter | $119,745,070 | 1 | $119,745,070 |
| 1,934 | Jim Quinlan | $119,745,070 | 1 | $119,745,070 |
| 1,935 | Kuo Cheng | $119,627,047 | 1 | $119,627,047 |
| 1,936 | Sheng Heyu | $119,627,047 | 1 | $119,627,047 |
| 1,937 | Chan Khan | $119,627,047 | 1 | $119,627,047 |
| 1,938 | John Woo | $119,627,047 | 2 | $59,813,524 |
| 1,939 | Alfred Uhry | $119,386,509 | 2 | $59,693,255 |
| 1,940 | Marshall Brickman | $119,168,207 | 5 | $23,833,641 |
| 1,941 | David Wain | $119,035,642 | 4 | $29,758,911 |
| 1,942 | Fangfang Li | $119,035,160 | 1 | $119,035,160 |
| 1,943 | Ken Marino | $118,660,760 | 3 | $39,553,587 |
| 1,944 | Liu Jianwei | $118,626,692 | 1 | $118,626,692 |
| 1,945 | Ke Zhang | $118,626,692 | 1 | $118,626,692 |
| 1,946 | Ran Jia'nan | $118,528,842 | 1 | $118,528,842 |
| 1,947 | Phil de Blasi | $118,509,836 | 1 | $118,509,836 |
| 1,948 | Byron Willinger | $118,509,836 | 1 | $118,509,836 |
| 1,949 | Heywood Gould | $118,017,614 | 5 | $23,603,523 |
| 1,950 | Michael Piller | $117,800,000 | 1 | $117,800,000 |
| 1,951 | Han Tian | $117,788,257 | 1 | $117,788,257 |
| 1,952 | Tingting Jiao | $117,788,257 | 1 | $117,788,257 |
| 1,953 | Fan Xiang | $117,734,102 | 1 | $117,734,102 |
| 1,954 | Xiang Li | $117,734,102 | 1 | $117,734,102 |
| 1,955 | Ian Helfer | $117,425,156 | 1 | $117,425,156 |
| 1,956 | Diego San José | $117,302,855 | 2 | $58,651,428 |
| 1,957 | Borja Cobeaga | $117,302,855 | 2 | $58,651,428 |
| 1,958 | Xiaoshi Liu (刘晓世) | $117,299,494 | 1 | $117,299,494 |
| 1,959 | Guan Gui | $117,299,494 | 1 | $117,299,494 |
| 1,960 | Steven Kampmann | $117,078,477 | 4 | $29,269,619 |
| 1,961 | Will Porter | $117,078,477 | 4 | $29,269,619 |
| 1,962 | Stuart Blumberg | $117,065,627 | 4 | $29,266,407 |
| 1,963 | Steve Shagan | $116,874,801 | 3 | $38,958,267 |
| 1,964 | Lawrence Wright | $116,625,798 | 1 | $116,625,798 |
| 1,965 | David Benullo | $116,553,280 | 2 | $58,276,640 |
| 1,966 | Josh Campbell | $116,428,390 | 6 | $19,404,732 |
| 1,967 | Matt Stuecken | $116,428,390 | 5 | $23,285,678 |
| 1,968 | Sung-soo Kim | $116,291,002 | 2 | $58,145,501 |
| 1,969 | Bae Se-yeong | $116,127,561 | 1 | $116,127,561 |
| 1,970 | John Pielmeier | $115,627,836 | 2 | $57,813,918 |
| 1,971 | Jim Sharman | $115,619,948 | 1 | $115,619,948 |
| 1,972 | Richard O'Brien | $115,619,948 | 1 | $115,619,948 |
| 1,973 | Liu Kai-chi | $115,602,825 | 1 | $115,602,825 |
| 1,974 | Cheng Jiake | $115,602,825 | 1 | $115,602,825 |
| 1,975 | Bai He | $115,602,825 | 1 | $115,602,825 |
| 1,976 | Laura Solon | $115,097,874 | 2 | $57,548,937 |
| 1,977 | Diane Thomas | $115,078,260 | 1 | $115,078,260 |
| 1,978 | Ryota Kosawa | $115,042,744 | 6 | $19,173,791 |
| 1,979 | Sue Smith | $114,962,525 | 1 | $114,962,525 |
| 1,980 | Niranjan Iyengar | $114,736,018 | 4 | $28,684,005 |
| 1,981 | Chung Seo-kyung | $114,524,962 | 4 | $28,631,241 |
| 1,982 | Bill Hinzman | $114,284,620 | 3 | $38,094,873 |
| 1,983 | Danny Philippou | $114,284,620 | 3 | $38,094,873 |
| 1,984 | Andy Tennant | $114,283,065 | 2 | $57,141,533 |
| 1,985 | John Landis | $114,212,919 | 4 | $28,553,230 |
| 1,986 | Nikolay Kulikov | $114,017,837 | 2 | $57,008,919 |
| 1,987 | Jerry Belson | $113,897,666 | 4 | $28,474,417 |
| 1,988 | David Swift | $113,681,066 | 3 | $37,893,689 |
| 1,989 | Nikolaj Frobenius | $113,645,393 | 2 | $56,822,697 |
| 1,990 | Erik Skjoldjaerg | $113,622,499 | 1 | $113,622,499 |
| 1,991 | David Lynch | $113,246,113 | 8 | $14,155,764 |
| 1,992 | Koki Mitani | $113,113,501 | 3 | $37,704,500 |
| 1,993 | George Seaton | $112,989,150 | 2 | $56,494,575 |
| 1,994 | Dick Beebe | $112,811,855 | 2 | $56,405,928 |
| 1,995 | Albert Hackett | $112,102,372 | 5 | $22,420,474 |
| 1,996 | Steph Lady | $112,006,296 | 1 | $112,006,296 |
| 1,997 | Adam Pava | $111,898,741 | 1 | $111,898,741 |
| 1,998 | Jay Martel | $111,816,038 | 2 | $55,908,019 |
| 1,999 | Ian Roberts | $111,811,453 | 1 | $111,811,453 |
| 2,000 | Steve Coogan | $111,492,357 | 3 | $37,164,119 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.